My first posting here. Having been in Scouting for 62 years, I have seen the prices, as well as quality, of Scouting items swing back and forth, but has always seemed rather expensive to me. Back when I paid (Yes - I paid) for a weeks camp, as a Tenderfoot, and found the cost of that was roughly 10 dollars, also roughly the cost of a complete uniform. That uniform consisted of : shirt, pants, socks, belt with metal fastener, neckerchief, field cap, all "beginner" patches, and the old metal knot "slide". Those items all were of excellent quality (even though the pants neckerchief and and s
